LUCAN Golf Club bridged an eight-year gap since they last raised the Metropolitan Trophy after they edged out The Island GC in the two-leg final.

While they had beaten their opponents 6-3 at home in the opening leg, the Lucan side still felt they had a mountain to climb as team manager Brian Cartan explained “we were playing The Island on one of the toughest links courses in the country.

Lucan’s winning team with supporters after the Metropolitan Trophy Final Photo by Pat Cashman

“It would be difficult for any player coming from a Parkland course, but we won three matches and that meant it was level at 9-9” he said.

This led to a three-hole matchplay play-off with the first two players heading back out, and it was John Farrell who clinched the coveted prize for Lucan.

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